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DigitalOcean vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, netcup undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing — a median of $1.22/GB of RAM vs $8/GB. The cheapest way in is DigitalOcean at $4/mo (Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 5.

Plans tracked709
Cheapest plan$4/mo$5.78/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$1.22/GB
Avg value score35/10097/100
Locations105
Dedicated-vCPU plans394
NVMe share69%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)90

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DigitalOcean data: Public pricing page — digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON). netcup data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.

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